2015-06-04_REVISION - M1977376 (6)

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6.4.5 EXHIBIT E - RECLAMATION PLAN (2) (a) Reclamation acres Fines Disposal Area 3 Old Quarry 5 Mine Area 32.5 Access Road area 0_5 Total 41 Access road will remain as access for landowner. The type of reclamation is revegetation with grass, forb, and shrub seed. Most seed is broadcast due to the steeper slopes. Flat areas will be drill seeded, which is the 12 acres on the 6000 foot elevation bench. Most mulch is sprayed with a hydro -spray equipment. Flat areas will be crimped in straw. Fertilizer will be applied on all revegetated areas. Earthmoving is the distribution of quarry fines on disturbed land on the Mine, Access Road, and Old Quarry areas. Fines Disposal Area has fines now. It will be graded to reasonable slopes as possible with no additional fines added. (b) The post mining land use is rangeland. Surrounding land uses are rangeland. Fremont County has zoned the land agriculture. Urban uses and urban services are not planned here. The grazing productivity is poor due to steep slopes, low precipitation, and sparse vegetation. Vegetation coverage on undisturbed land is now 40% to 60%. (c)C The reclamation plan to meet applicable requirements of Section 3.1 3.1.5 Materials Handling — (1) The final topography will be for rangeland and will match the adjoining topography. (2) The Old Quarry area is the site for deposit of unmarketable quarry fines. We expect half of these fines will go into Old Quarry. Backfilling will buildup the floor of area sequentially. Compaction by the equipment movement placing fines. Fines are granular and will compact against their faces in a fairly tight matrix. (3) The mining benches in the Mine Area will be filled and graded with fines as the mining progresses on the below bench in a north to south direction. The typical bench is 30' high and 60' wide and filled ata typical 4:1 slope. Therefore the fill extends up the vertical face halfway at 15'. Any weeds on the slope will be removed by mowing, pulling, or chemical spraying. A track dozer will run vertically up and down the slope so the tracks can imprint horizontal ridges in the soil. Where vertical gullies exist on the slope, the dozer blade will be lowered to the depth of the gullies on the up run and lifted on the down run. (4) The bench filling and grading happen concurrently with mining as benches will be inaccessible as mining moves down. Grading of Fines Disposal Area within five years of TR approval Grading of Old Quarry Fines Disposal happen as the area is filled to final elevation.